Ayashimon
Ayashimon (アヤシモン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since November 2021.
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![]() Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Maruo (bottom) and Urara (top) | |
アヤシモン | |
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Genre | Supernatural, yakuza[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yuji Kaku |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 15, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Plot
Maruo Kaido (海堂 マルオ, Kaidō Maruo) is an unusually strong boy and an avid manga fan who dreams to be a "manga hero". Repeating the special training that appears in manga that he has read since early age, Maruo became able to break rocks at the age of seven. One day, he meets Urara (ウララ), an oni ayashimon—a kind of yōkai able to shapeshift into humans—chased by an ayashimon yakuza gang. After Maruo easly defeats the gang, Urara, impressed by his strength and by the fact that he is a simple human and not an ayashimon, recruits him as the first member of her yakuza group. Maruo, hesitant at first, accepts her offer, realizing that he can experience life as a manga protagonist following the path of a yakuza.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku, Ayashimon started its serialization in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 15, 2021.[2][3][4] The first collected tankōbon volume was published on March 4, 2022.[5]
The manga is being simultaneously published in English by Viz Media and Shueisha's Manga Plus online platform.[1][6]
Volume list
No. | Release date | ISBN | ||
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1 | March 4, 2022[7] | 978-4-08-882329-4 | ||
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2 | June 3, 2022[8] | 978-4-08-883141-1 |
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
- "Don't Tell Me It's In Bad Taste" (趣味が悪いとか言わないでね, Shumi ga Warui Toka Iwanaide ne)
- "Over My Dead Body" (ぶっ殺されても渡さねえ, Bukkoro Sarete mo Watasa nē)
- "He Did Not" (違います, Chigaimasu)
- "Aren't We Family?" (〝親子〞だろ, "Oyako" Daro)
- "Big Wings" (でっけえ翼, Dekkē Tsubasa)
- "I Refuse to Lose Again" (もう絶対に負けたくねえ, Mō Zettai ni Maketaku nē)
- "What About You" (テメーはどうだ, Temē wa Dōda)
- "Always Having a Blast" (どんな時でも楽しそうだ, Don'na Toki Demo Tanoshi-sōda)
- "Only You" (アンタだけなんだ, Anta Dake Nanda)
- "Welcome"
- "Who Are You"
- "Until Your Chestnuts Are Out of the Fire, Buh-Bye"
- "Doesn't Begin to Describe It"
References
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 15, 2021). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Both Publish Yūji Kaku's Ayashimon Manga in English". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 7, 2021). "Shonen Jump Launches 3 New Manga Including New Series by Hell's Paradise's Yūji Kaku (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- 「地獄楽」の賀来ゆうじが描く“妖しき極道譚”「アヤシモン」がジャンプで始動. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- アヤシモン:「地獄楽」賀来ゆうじの新連載が「ジャンプ」に 妖しき裏社会バトル!. Mantan Web (in Japanese). November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- 「地獄楽」の賀来ゆうじ新作1巻発売、少年と妖しき少女が裏社会に殴り込み. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- Beveridge, Chris (November 15, 2021). "Viz Media & Manga Plus Adds Yuji Kaku's 'Ayashimon' Manga". The Fandom Post. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- アヤシモン 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- アヤシモン 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
External links
- Ayashimon official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
- Ayashimon official website at Viz Media
- Ayashimon (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia